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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1932

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Police Office[?] Alleged Offences. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

A constable attached to a subur[?] police station, who was recently pended on a charge which alleged that had accepted 30 to overlook a [?]…

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Dangerous Criminal Escapes From S.A. Gaol. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 5

An habitual criminal, Ernest Albert Richards, who was serving a sentence of ten years for robbery under arms, escaped from Yatala prison between midnight…

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Thanked Police Man with Revolver Arrest at Kent's Cross. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 5

Summoned to King's Cross this afternoon members of the police patrol arrested a man who was brandishing a revolver in a hotel bar…

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[?]Mb Plot [?] Persons Killed [?]On in America Italian Diplomats Police Protect Homes. Washington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 5

Almost hysterical fears have been aroused by bomb packages which, when opened yesterday, killed three persons, particularly following the…

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Rum Skills Two In Newcastle 3000 Gallons of Spirit Police Arrest Three Men. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 5

During last night and this morning Newcastle police raided two houses at Wickham and seized two illicit stills and almost three thousand gallons of…

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Mystery Still Theft of £850 Bank Notes Checking Was Correct. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 3

The mystery of the missing mail bag, containing £850 in bank notes, has not been solved. A country officer received the mail with…

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Don't Say "Dole" Instructions to Police. Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 3

At an inquest to-day, Sergeant Stewart informed the Coroner (Mr. Bamber) that the police had received instructions that the word "dole" was not to be used by…

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Deadly Dump Tons Of Explosives Stored in Private Home Police Light on Strange Hoard Man Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 3

A chance arrest by a police motor patrol led the police to one of the most amazing private stores of explosives ever located in Melbourne…

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Still at Large Yatala Gaol Escapee. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

The police are hot on the trail of the convict, Richard, who escaped last week. They found some of his prison clothes, in the engine room at the metropolitan…

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Small Debts Court Cases at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 2

At the Small Debts Court, Grafton, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M. yesterday afternoon, the City Motor Garage and Engineering Company, Ltd.,…

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Lost Timepiece Owner Was Surprised Returned by Police

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 4

To have had a valuable gold watch and chain allegedly stolen and returned to him without knowing that it had been out of his possession, was the experience…

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India's Stormy Petrel in Gaol ARRESTED Gandhi And Patel Leaders of Indian Unrest Government's Action British Press in Agreement. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhai Patel, Congress President, were arrested at Gandhi's Bombay residence at Manibhaban at three o'clock this…

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Stealing Charge Windsor Police Officer Leather Valued at £5. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 5

At Windsor Court to-day, Walter Stanley Hitchcock, 31, police constable, was charged with stealing three bands of leather, valued at £5, the property of…

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Farmers Fleeced Crushing Interest Burden 17 TO 70 Pee Cent. Charged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 4

During the debate on the Flour Acquisition Amendment Bill in the Legislative Council shortly before Christmas Mr. Trethowan alleged that the Rural…

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In Boy's Pocket Police Find Loaded Revolver. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 5

It was revealed by the police to-day that a boy who was arrested on New Year's Day for alleged theft of £15 had in his possession a fully loaded seven-chamber…

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Watch and Chain Youth Charged with Theft Remanded for Sentence

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

As a sequel to the alleged theft of a gold watch and chain, belonging to Mr. Alexander Roger, butcher, of Prince street, Grafton, Jack…

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Court References

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

At the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning the Police Magistrate, Mr. O. G. Carr-Boyd, referred in feeling terms to the death of Mrs. McLeay, of which he had…

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Theft of Leather Ex-constable Convicted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 5

The case in which Constable Walter Hitchcock, 31, is charged with the theft of leather, valued at £5, was resumed at Windsor Court to-day…

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Family Endowment Cheque Young Man Charged with Fraud

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Grafton Police Court yesterday morning, James Joseph Nugent, 21, pleaded guilty to a charge of having…

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Murder and Suicide Julia Creek Tragedy. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 2

Following an altercation between Mrs. Emma Stewart, licensee .of the Camp Hotel, Julia Creek, and an employee named W. Wade, the latter produced a…

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